Corner-post, transom-bar, or mullion.



No. 697,7l4. Patented Apr. l5, I902. J. GOLDSMITH.

CORNER POST, TRANSOM BAB, 0R MULLION.

(Apphcatmn filed Apr. 30, 1901. (No Model.)

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ATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GOLDSMITH, OF COLUMBUS, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO MAGGIE A. OOULSON,

' OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CORNER-POST, TRANSOM BAR, OR MULLION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,714, dated April15, 1902.

Application filed April 30, 1901. Serial No. 58,131. (No model.)

To It whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB GOLDSMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at O0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-Posts,Transom- Bars, or Mullions; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

Before my present invention the cornerposts, transom-bars, and mullionsof storefronts and other large-paned structures were made entirely ofwood, and because of the comparatively weak, flexible, and fragilenature of wood such posts and bars were necessarily made large and bulkyin order to secure adequate strength. and rigidity.- Such posts and barswere not only large and bulky, but they were unsightly and oftentimesobstructed to a very considerable extent a satisfactory display and viewof the shopkeepers goods.

The purpose of my invention,therefore,is to provide for such windowscorner-posts, transom-bars, or mnllions in which the glass plate or paneis to be secured as will be small and compact and yet possessed of suchstrength and rigidity as to resist the winds and storms of all seasons.

Generally stated, my invention consists of a corner-post, transom-bar,or mullion of wood with a core of angle-bar of metal embedded therein orattached thereto, the wooden por-.

tion being provided with longitudinal recesses for the reception of theglass pane or plate.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating one embodiment of myinvention, Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a corner-post.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of a transom-bar or a horizontalsectional view of a mullion. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a fractionof a corner-post.

In the several views, 1 designates the wooden portion of the corner-postproper. This is preferably made in one piece; butit can be made in twoor more pieces. In the opposite sides of the wooden portion are maderecesses 2, adapted to receive the edge of the glass plates 6. Embeddedor inserted in a lon gitudinally-extendin g kerf 8 in the wooden portion1 is the web or tongue portion l of a metallic T-bar 4. This T-bar canbe secured to the wooden bar by screws 5, passed through the head of thebar into the wooden portion 1. After the glass is put into place it issecured by wooden stops or strips 7, fastened by nails 8, driven throughsaid stops and into the wooden portion 1.

In Fig. 2, which shows a transom-bar or n1ullion construction, thewooden portion 9 is provided with recesses 10, standing at such an anglethat when the glassplates are put in they can lie in the same plane. Inthis View if the glass designated 6 is the main glass the glass 6 can bethe transom-glass. Then the bar 9 in this view is a mullion, the glasses6 and 6 are simply parts of a main pane or window. A mullion is usuallyemployed where the show-window is extraordinarily large and two or moreplates of glass become necessary. 7

From the description and drawings it will be observed that the glass hasa seat of wood, which inaterial because of its comparative softness isbetter adapted to serve as such seat, while the core of the post or baris of metal, a material adapted to give strength and rigidity andcompactness.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-* 1. In awindow, a corner-post, transom-bar, or mullion consisting of a bar ofWood, a me tallic an gle-bar attached longitudinally thereto, a recessin the side of the Wood portion to receive the edge of a glass plate orpane, and means to secure the glass in such recess.

2. In a window, a corner-post, transom-bar or mullion of wood, a core ofangle-bar of metal therein, a recess in the side of the wood portion toreceive the edge of a glass plate or pane, and a stop to secure theglass in such recess.

3. In a window, a corner-post, transom-bar or mullion of wood, a recessin the side of said wood portion to receive a glass plate or pane, and aflanged metallic bar having a flange embedded longitudinally in saidwood portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J AOOB GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE M. FINOKEL, SAMUEL W. LATHAM.

